REFERENCE TITLE: insurance; secondary sources

State of Arizona

House of Representatives

Fifty-fifth Legislature

Second Regular Session

2022

HB 2272

Introduced by

Representative Weninger

AN ACT

amending title 20, chapter 1, article 1, arizona revised statutes, by adding section 20-110; relating to insurance.

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Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Arizona:

Section 1. Title 20, chapter 1, article 1, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended by adding section 20-110, to read:

START_STATUTE20-110. Secondary sources

a secondary source on insurance, including any legal treatise, scholarly publication, textbook or other explanatory text, does not constitute the law or public policy of this state and is not authoritative if the secondary source purports to create, eliminate, EXPAND or restrict a cause of action, right or remedy or if it conflicts with any of the following:

1. the United States constitution or the Arizona Constitution.

2. State law.

3. this state's case law precedent.

4. other common law that may have been adopted by this state.